EVS146 Justice and Home Affairs in the EU

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Hrabálek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Markéta Pitrová, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
each odd Monday 16:00–19:30 U33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 61 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/61, only registered: 0/61
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main goal of the course is to provide students with an analysis of the roots, political processes and crucial aspects in the field of EU Justice and home affairs. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand institutional, legal and political foundations of cooperation in this area; to outline further possible directions, in which the third pillar can be developed; and to assess the specific position of new member states which joined the EU in 2004 viewed from both Community and the accessing countries' level.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Development of coordination in justice and home affairs from TREVI till the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (introduction to the problem, factors influencing cooperation's development, Amsterdam Treaty and connected changes)
  • 3. Schengen and the differentiated integration in the home and justice (Schengen as a motor of the integration in home and justice, reasons for differentiated integration)
  • 4. EU's asylum and visa policy (Birth and development of asylum and visa policy, Geneva Treaty)
  • 5. EU's immigration policy (Immigration trends in particular countries, common immigration policy)
  • 6. EUROPOL (Cooperation in the police matters, EUROPOL I. and EUROPOL II.)
  • 7. Cooperation in the matters of courts and EUROJUST (Mutual verdict recognition, approach towards courts, functioning of EUROJUST)
  • 8. Fight against organised crime and terrorism (Money laundering, narcotics, terrorism)
  • 9. Haag program and the prospects of cooperation in the justice and home affairs (Further possibilities of development in justice and home affairs)
  • 10. EU enlargement and justice and home affairs (New states and the problems of JHA, general specificity of new member countries)
  • 11. Specific problems of some new member countries (Hungary and its minorities, Kaliningrad)
  • 12. Final test
Literature
  • The area of freedom, security, and justice in the enlarged Europe. Edited by Karen Henderson. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, xix, 174. ISBN 140393522X. URL info
  • Justice and home affairs in the EU : liberty and security issues after enlargement. Edited by Joanna Apap. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2004, xiii, 339. ISBN 1843767872. info
  • MITSILEGAS, Valsamis, Joerg MONAT and Wyn REES. The European union and internal security :guardian of the people? 1st pub. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003, vi, 203 s. ISBN 0-333-96861-1. info
  • PIKNA, Bohumil. Vnitřní bezpečnost a veřejný pořádek v evropském právu : (oblast policejní a justiční spolupráce) : vysokoškolská právnická učebnice. Praha: Linde, 2003, 439 s. ISBN 8072014498. info
Teaching methods
Lectures involve class discussions and require active participation of students. Seminar papers allow to improve the ability of students to analyze issues of justice and home affairs in the EU and to work with primary and secondary sources. Readings aim to broaden and deepen the spectrum of knowledge students acquire during lectures.
Assessment methods
The final grade will be calculated as a composite evaluation consisting of seminar paper (6-7 pages) and a final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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